The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-02-11
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FRIDAY. FEB. II, 1887.
the FISHERIES DISPUTES.

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a serious difference OF opinion in the
Cabinet over the Edmunds Fisheries
resolution. The President and Secre-
tary Manning are on one side in sup
port of the Senate's action, aud Secre-
tary Dayard is rather inclined to the
adoption OF more pacific measures.
From present indications, it looks as
though Bayard had the advantage of
the President and Manning, and he
has quietly gone to work and cap
tured the Foreign Affairs Committee
OF the House by urging them to kill
the Edmunds resolution. 1t is under
stood that the committee will report
neither Edmunds' nor Belmont's
resolution. They will come in with
some compromise measure which will
be satisfactory to Bayard.
A full attendance of the Commit.
tee on Foreign Affairs to-day indi-
Gated the interest taken in the fishery
question. The Senate bill, which was
referred to the committee yesterday
with the usual power to report ut any
time to the House, was the subject
of discussion, which showed substan-
tial unanimity in the determination
to act without haste. and only after
mature elaboration. The merits of
the Senate and House bills were COM
pared and the matter was referred to
n subcommittee consisting of Bel
mont, Clements and Rice, with in
structions to report back not later
than next Tuesday.
Chicago, January 2S-The Times
Ottawa special of January 9th says:
The little lesson from Washington
evidently has not been without its
effect, as the Dominion Government
have greatly quoted down within the
past few days in their attitude to-
ward American vessels which may
have offended them. The Minister
Of Customs stated to-day that he has
ordered the release of the American
fishing schooners Maggie Mitchell
and Jeanette, recently seized by
the cruiser Middleton, at st. An
drews, N. b. The two vessels had
been charged with infractions of the
customs and fishery regulations and
were among number of vessels that
had obtained Canadian certificates
of registry, but were owned wholly or
in part by American citizens.
Toronto, January 27-The "MaiW
to-day says: 1t is unfortunate for
Canadian interests that the general
elections should he in progress when
our American neighbors are legislat-
ing against us. 1t is true that the
bellicose speeches delivered in the
United States Senate the other day
need not be taken seriously. Never
theless, it is abundantly evident from
the better class of American journals
that our neighbors are determined to
adopt u spirited foreign policy-in
plain English, to steal our fish, and
punish us if we attempt to prevent
them. We suffer from American
prejudice against England, and from
England's unwillingness and in
ability to make our course her own,
and betwixt the two it will be a
miracle ii we are not shorn. The
Foreign Office will make show of
protecting our rights, but the capital
consideration with Lord Salisbury
will not be the justice of our own
case, but the necessity for maintain
ing cordial relations with the United
States. The power to suspend inter-
course, which is to be vested in the
President by the Edmunds and Bel
mont bills, is to prevent our ships
from entering American ports and to
stop our railroad cars and locomo-
tives at the international line, and is
merely what Americans themselves
call bluff. BY bluffing, our neigh
bors have in the past managed to
cheat us out OF whole seaboards and
territories. Come what may, this
time we trust the Canadian and inn
perial authorities will press for some
thing approaching a permanent solu-
ton of the question, so that we may
know exactly where we stand.